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Patented Aug. 9, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT orrics CONTAINER Carl G. Hilgenberg, Baltimore, Md., assignor; to,

Carr-Lowrey Glass 00,, Baltimore, Md, 7

Application June 17, 1936, Serial No. 85,801

1 Claim. (01. 215-1) This invention relates to jars and like conwhich merge one into the other as indicated at tainers such as used for holding mustard, food toprovide reenforcements and for guiding a disdressing, and other substances to be dispensed by penser into position in the pockets and on the the use of a spoon, spatula or similar article. ribs.

5 As is well known to those accustomed to the use The open space or clearance left between these 5 of such articles, it frequently happens that no ribs or loops 4 is sufliciently large to permit the convenient place is provided for the dispensing downward insertion therebetween of the dispensdevice after it has been used and, as a result, the ing article which, in the structure illustrated in spoon or the like frequently is deposited either Figures 1 and 2 is in the nature of a spatula A.

accidentally or intentionally upon the table or The lower portions of the ribs 4 constitute ledges 10 other supporting structure and soils it. or shoulders each of which presents an area of An object of the present invention is to prosufficient size to be engaged by the lower end of Vide a container having means formed therein the dispensing device so as to support it within for use as a supporting ledge or shoulder on the neck portion 2 with its upper end projecting which aspoon or other dispensing element can outwardly from the container. Thus it will be 15 rest in an upwardly extended position while not apparent that after the dispensing device has in use, so that it is always readily accessible. been used for removing part of the contents of A further object is to provide a container of the container, it can be placed in an inclined this character which can be made of glass by the position with its lower end resting on one of the usual methods of manufacture. ledges 4 and its other end supported outside of 20 With the foregoing and other objects in view the container where it can be grasped readily. which will appear as the description proceeds, the In Figures 3, 4 and 5 the neck portion 8 of the invention consists of certain novel details of concontainer 9 has been shown provided with a sinstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter gle loop rib or ledge providing a pocket having a more fully described and pointed out in the supporting shoulder It adapted to be engaged by 25 claim, it being understood that changes may be the end of the spoon B when placed in the neck made in the construction and arrangement of portion. A single looped rib of this type is espeparts without departing from the spirit of the cially useful in a container neck of small proporinvention as claimed. tions from which material is to be removed by In the accompanying drawing the preferred means of a spoon. In other words where only 30 forms of the invention have been shown. one looped supporti g portion is Provided, any In said drawing spoon substantially equal to but less than the Figure 1 is a central vertical section through interior diameter of the neck 8 can be inserted a jar having a plurality of supporting ledges or without interference by the shoulder or rib l0. 1

pockets for engagement by a spoon, spatula or The containers thus far described can all be 35 the like when not in use, the position of one of produced by the usual methods of glass manuthese forms of dispensing devices being indicated facture, it merely being necessary to utilize neck by broken lines. pins of special construction during the initial Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2, Figure 1. moulding operation. Figure 3 is a vertical section through the upper Inasmuch as the container herein described is 40 portion of another modified form of container. to be formed of glass, a problem sometimes arises Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4, Figure 3. in the course of manufacture as to how to pre- Figure 5 is a plan view of the container shown vent the ribs 4 or it! from becoming distorted in Figure 3. while the glass is still in a plastic condition. In

Referring to the figures by characters of referthe form shown in Figures 1 and 3 this problem 45 ence I designates a jar formed preferably of glass has been solved by looping the ribs so that each and of any desired size and configuration. The rib has a side portion extending toward the open neck 2 is formed with a wide mouth as ordinarily mouth of the neck. The side portions of the so as to be capable of receiving a spoon or other loops thus constitute supports or stiffening dispensing device used for removing the contents means for the intermediate portions of the loops 50 of the container. during the shaping operation and distortion is Formed within the neck portion of the coneliminated. Furthermore after the formation of tainer are a desired number of looped or subthe container has been completed, the side porstantially U-shaped ribs 4 forming pockets the tions of the looped ribs not only act as longitudiside or upwardly extending side portions of nal reenforcements for the neck of the container 55 but they also serve as guides whereby the lower end of a dispenser will be properly directed to its supporting pocket or shoulder when inserted into the container. It will be noted, furthermore, that the ribs form dispenser receiving pockets and those portions of the ribs constituting the supporting shoulders for the dispenser are not extended in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the neck but are inclined upwardly toward the open end of the neck so as to form recesses for the reception of the lower end of the dispenser, thus eliminating danger of the dispenser slipping off of its supporting shoulder and dropping into the main portion of the container.

It will be noted that in all of the forms of .the device herein described and shown, the supporting ledge or shoulder cooperates with the upper end of the wall of the neck portion to hold the supported dispensing device in an upwardly extended position.

Obviously other modifications of the invention may be made within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A container including a neck portion, and a substantially U-shaped rib extending inwardly from the inner surface of the neck portion with its ends extended toward the mouth of the bottle and constituting guides for an object being inserted into the neck of the bottle and the bottom portion of said rib constituting a suport for said object when inserted.

CARL G. HILGENBERG. 

